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Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera calls Freedom Convoy truckers ‘thugs,’ compares blockade to ‘act of war’

Updated: February 18, 2022 at 12:57 pm EST  See Comments

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(LifeSiteNews) — Republican journalist and Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera drew criticism last week when he said the thousands of peaceful truck-drivers participating in Canada’s Freedom Convoy to protest coercive COVID policies were “thugs,” and that their moves to temporarily block a bridge was “like an act of war.”

In a segment on Fox News’ The Five, which aired on February 11, Rivera, who replaced liberal voice Juan Williams on the popular show last year, said he was “deeply embarrassed” by the “misguided affection” that the other Fox News hosts “are heaping on those truckers.” 

Geraldo Rivera said the Freedom Convoy was an “Act of War” and that the truckers participating were “thugs.” pic.twitter.com/kzjvWOERuL

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) February 16, 2022

Calling the distinctly peaceful Freedom Convoy participants “thugs,” Rivera characterized the temporary blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, a crucial trade route between the U.S. and Canada, as akin to “an act of war.”

Rivera received immediate pushback for his remarks,

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